-- Mississippi, Iroquois on, 99; French, 19, 60, 85-87, 207; early English explorations, 20, 85-87, 89-91; North Carolinians, 66, 67; in Revolutionary War, 179; Spanish, 85, 197, 198, 202-205; free navigation sought by West, 203-205, 226; early commerce on, 197, 198. -- Missouri, Boone on, 221, 232, 234, 240. -- Monongahela, fur trade route, 24; Braddock on, 71; early settlements, 98, 130; Boone, 212, 215, 216. -- New, Batts on, 86; Squire Boone, 78; settlers explore Kentucky, 90, 91. -- Nolichucky, early settlement on, 97. -- Ohio, drains Virginia, 16; French on, 19, 20, 41, 42; early explorations, 22; Virginia hunters, 89-91; Gist, 87; Finley, 22, 23, 71; in Dunmore's War, 105; Iroquois land sale, 99; Boone on, 69, 70, 83, 183, 201, 202, 210, 222; in Transylvania cession, 114, 129; in Revolutionary War, 138, 151, 159, 170; Indian wars on, 88, 107, 108; early settlements, 98, 100, 104, 207, 214; highway for emigrants, 130, 172, 178, 184, 196, 201; early commerce, 197, 198; last of Indian raids, 213-218. River Platte, Boone on, 232. -- Potomac, fur trade route, 24. -- Powell, Boone on, 73, 95, 96, 125; early settlements, 97, 102, 115, 119. -- Red, Boone on, 79. -- Rich, in Dunmore's War, 109. -- Rockcastle, Indians on, 80, 117. -- St. Joseph, Indians raided on, 213. -- St. Lawrence, Indians on, 19. -- Salt, Indians near, 190. -- --, Beech Fork of, 208. -- Sandy, West Fork of, Boone on, 70. -- Savannah, Indians on, 37. -- Schuylkill, Boones on, 6-15. -- Scioto, Shawnese on, 157, 158, 160, 167, 207; Indians raided, 213. -- Shenandoah, Boones on, 16. -- Tennessee, Indian uprising, 37, 45; Iroquois land sale, 99, 114; in Transylvania cession, 114. -- Wabash, Shawnese on, 206, 207; French, 207; English, 87; in Dunmore's War, 105; Indians raided on, 213, 214. -- Watauga, Boone on, 55, 56, 101, 115; Cherokee council, 115, 116, 133; early settlement, 97. -- Yadkin, early known to Pennsylvanians, 14; Bryan family on, 25-27, 43; Boone family, 16-20, 24-27, 34, 43, 55-57, 68-70, 81, 89, 95, 96, 100, 102, 103, 125, 158, 168, 169, 208, 209; Indians on, 18, 19, 22, 37-56, 59, 60; hunting, 17, 18, 28-34, 55, 58; trading caravans, 31, 58; crime, 60-62; Finley's arrival, 71, 72. -- Yellowstone, Boone on, 229. Robinson, Chief Justice, on Wilderness Road, 172, 173, 175. --, David, militia leader, 134. Rockingham County (Va.), Boones in, 16; Lincolns, 174.